Melissa

Peter Barkworth stars as an innocent man accused of murder in the high stakes thriller "Melissa" (1974). Barkworth plays a former Fleet Street reporter who is writing his first crime novel when his wife Melissa is murdered. The police have him pegged as the prime suspect, so Barkworth must solve the real-life murder mystery or wind up in jail for a crime he did not commit. This drama was originally aired as a 3-part BBC miniseries and was later shown on PBS as part of the "Mystery!" series.

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Peter Barkworth stars as an innocent man accused of murder in the high stakes thriller "Melissa" (1974). Barkworth plays a former Fleet Street reporter who is writing his first crime novel when his wife Melissa is murdered. The police have him pegged as the prime suspect, so Barkworth must solve the real-life murder mystery or wind up in jail for a crime he did not commit. This drama was originally aired as a 3-part BBC miniseries and was later shown on PBS as part of the "Mystery!" series.